Sarah Champion MP has reacted to an investigative report in the Daily Mail which calls into question the effectiveness of technology intended to keep motorists safe on smart motorways.
The report outlined a series of failures and issues with radar systems intended to identify stranded vehicles and allow the closure of running lanes.
Read MoreMillicent Fawcett statue “green bombed” to highlight climate crisis as this century’s feminist struggle
Rotherham MP, Sarah Champion joined activists and parliamentarians this morning at the statue of suffragist Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square as she was “green-bombed” today [Wednesday 22 September], during Great Big Green Week, as part of #Wednesday4Women, a day of action for climate justice and gender equality ahead of COP26.
Read MoreSarah Champion MP is taking part in Oxfam’s #SecondHandSeptember campaign calling for people to buy second hand clothes for the month of September and raise awareness about the harmful effects fast fashion – clothes that are produced in high volume and at relatively low cost to the consumer – have on the planet.
Read MoreSarah Champion, Member of Parliament for Rotherham, has criticised the conclusions of a report into accident blackspots on the Smart Motorway network.
The long-awaited report from National Highways, formerly Highways England, found that for Junction 32 to Junction 35 section of the M1, which passes through Sarah’s Rotherham constituency, the number of serious injury collisions per year have increased. Fatal injury collisions have increased from one in three years to three in three years.
Read MoreSarah Champion MP is seeking to recruit a Senior Policy Researcher to join her Westminster Team and lead on both her Parliamentary and International Development Select Committee (IDC) work.
Read MoreToday at Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Questions (FCDO) in the Commons, Sarah Champion MP, Chair of the International Development Committee (IDC), urged the Government to better support developing countries and local communities who bear the brunt of the climate emergency.
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